column. Gert Host on football players: “They walk around in a Dior skirt with a Louis Vuitton bag” | All this one week at a time

Intense, brother, you are never too old to learn a new word. And so, as the rain fell in West Flanders, the word “affected” seeped into our media. I first heard the word from the mouth of the reserve’s governor, Mrs. Anne Martens. Shortly afterwards, the Mayor of Dixmuid used it. The latter was able to say “affected, evacuated, and escalated” in one sentence. It seemed like a great spell. My ears gasp for breath. You’ll just be the mayor and be interviewed while you’re drooling, live on TV news. With the municipal secretary who stands out from the picture with the municipal umbrella and municipal rubber boots, known as Kucuk bones. And the pumps they pumped.

On the swampy pitches of West and East Flanders, when I was a young player, I would chase a soccer ball across large, deep puddles towards the goal. They were the trenches of my football career. Every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, we trudged through the mud in very heavy shoes with worn plastic spikes. Through the wind through the rain. No complaints were allowed, and if we left the field with an open fracture, we were given a suppository. It was supposed to make young boys strong enough to become football players later. Now that it’s too late, footballers with hairdos are walking around in a Dior skirt with a Louis Vuitton bag. They stand on the catwalk in fashion magazines in shiny shoes and do not want to take pictures because it is raining. In addition, Hessel grass was affected.

That could change. Footballers star in television quizzes and talk shows. Singers perform at Sportpaleis, and pop bands perform at football stadiums. Rock Werchter meadow will be paved and concrete will be poured at De Schorre Nature Reserve for Tomorrowland. In the meantime we have to remove the tiles to soften them. “Rain taps softly on attic window” has been changed to “Heavy rain impacts solar panels”.

But “every defect has its own advantage.” Thanks to flooded meadows, nitrogen emissions suddenly dropped dramatically. This means that the full work can now be done in a large plastics factory in the port of Antwerp. In other words, after much struggle and fuss, an agreement on nitrogen has been reached. I wonder how hard-working politicians with big bones will affect us in the coming weeks. Should there still be sand?

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